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2012
Sara Bijani
Amber Innis
John Jouppi
William McQuitty
Audrey Thompson
2011
Francis I. Bonenfant
Thesis: A "Human" diplomacy : the American Friends Service Committee in Israel, 1950-1961.
francis.bonenfant.1@nd.edu
Francis is enrolled in the Peace Studies Graduate Program at University of Notre Dame.
Bill Braaksma
Lindsey A. Cox
Thesis: Marriage and marital relations in the episcopal registers of fourteenth-century Barcelona.
Lindsey is currently a Ph.D. student at Tulane University, New Orleans.
Rex J. Hafer
Siera M Hammond
Jesse J Hysell
Rachel Juen
Tyler Miller
Caitlin B. Murphy
Samantha Steel
Thesis: "Ties that bind : Thomas Jefferson and the utility of education"
Samantha Steele, after graduating with her MA in 2011, enrolled in the University of Kentucky’s PhD program in History. She is funded through the University’s writing program and teaches a freshman composition course. She has presented at the Great Lakes History Conference and the East Central Writing Center Association Conference.
Ryan Storr
William D. Watson
2010
Lisa A. Anderson
Kristi J. Dunn
Peter A. Larr
Kevin N. Lentz
Mr. Lentz earned his MA in Public History. He moved to Binghamton, New York and assumed a position as Assistant to the Director at the Tioga County (NY) Historical Society. He was recently promoted to Executivev Director of the Historical Society.
Ryan Walters
rwalters@sjschools.org
Bachelor of Science in Education (GVSU)- Spring 2000 Major: History Minors: Psychology/ Physical Education
Master's Degree: M.A. History (WMU) - Spring 2010
Ryan teaches for St. Joseph High School.
2009
Rachel Graff Becker
Jeff Bessinger
Ashley Emerson
Jack Gooman
Ariana Horn
Dennis Miller
Andrew Peim
Paul Pipik
Matthew Schuld
matt@elkhartcountyparks.org
Matthew is currently the Museum Manager for the Elkhart County Historical Museum in Elkhart, IN.
David Shoup
Laura Taylor
Benjamin Tenney
2008
Kirsta Anderson
Almyr Lake Bump
Mike Cheyne
Terra Engelman
Keena Graham
Amy Hudson
Andrew Mutero
Andrew Mwangi Mutero
Christina Smith
Jeffrey Welc
2007
Christopher Carr
Matthew Combs
Kristi J. Dunn
Adam R. MacDonald
Cristina Moody
John Stempien
Jason Stiglitz
Jill Straub
2006
Shawn M Adrian
Jennifer Black
Pamela Dye
John Fraire
Lawrence Lynn
Donia Pelton
Peter Sewell
Uschett T. Slosh
John MatthewSmith
Scott VanDyke
2005
Sheila E. Clark
Coreen Derifield
Jennifer Gaydos
Philip Grace
Trena Sanders
John Scholl
Thomas J. Vance
Antonio Zaldivar
Elizabeth Zanoni
Hanmo Zhang
2004
Michael J. Basista
Michael K. Deen
Douglas Austin Dentino
Genoveva Garcia-Gallardo
Marius F. Nielsen
Sarah B. Townsend
Samuel P. Welsh
2003
Hollie D. Bonnema
Karen Curtis Byrd
Kelly M. Wilcox
James Allen Williams
Jennifer Helen Wohlberg
2002
Timothy Alan Ehrhardt
Michael D. Mulligan
Robert Scott Sawall
2001
Leo Barron
Josh Cochran
Michael V. DeVitt
Ronald M. Kendzierski, Jr.,
Eric D. Owen
Brian Kendall Robins
2000
Matthew G. Anderson
James Robert Gavan
Michelle Lynn Hill
Kelly Ingleright-Telgenhoff
Marc Everet Kline
Scott M. Minehart
Cindy Marie Olsen
1999
Douglas A. Becker
Sonya L. Dintaman
William David Gibson
Maribel Izquierdo-Rodriguez
Paula Lange
Tatyana Puchkova
Daniel J. VandenHeede
dvandenheede@dowagiacschools.org
Mr. VandenHeede is a teacher in the Dowagiac Public Schools.
Lawrence D. Withrow
1998
Ion Matei Costinescu
Jane Mund
Michael A. Ryan
1997
Jason Kent Aikens
Michelle Martin de Figueroa
Carson J. Leftwich
Dr. Moon is chair of the Church History Department in the Seminary at Andrews University; editor of a theological journal, Andrews University Seminary Studies; and head elder of the St. Joseph, Michigan, Seventh-day Adventist Church. Jerry and wife Sue (Staples) graduated from Union College (1971-72) and spent 11 years in pastoral and evangelistic ministry. With Sue’s support, Jerry went on to Andrews University (M.Div., 1974, Ph.D., 1993) and joined the Seminary faculty in 1994.
Jerry’s favorite classes to teach are Writings of Ellen G. White, History of the SDA Church, and Development of SDA Theology. He has also taught History of SDA Education, Radical Reformation (sixteenth-century Anabaptists), and several other courses.
Jerry recently co-authored (with Woodrow Whidden and John W. Reeve) The Trinity: Understanding God’s Love, His Plan of Salvation, and Christian Relationships (Review and Herald, 2002). Jerry is also co-editor of The Ellen G. White Encyclopedia, forthcoming from Review and Herald. His dissertation, W. C. White and Ellen G. White: The Relationship between the Prophet and Her Son, was published by Andrews University Press in 1993.
Kris W. Rzepczynski
Timothy David Willig
twillig@iusb.edu
Ph.D. from UMass Amherst (2003)
Dr. Willig is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University South Bend, where he specializes in early American & Native American history. His monograph, RESTORING THE CHAIN OF FRIENDSHIP: BRITISH POLICY AND THE INDIANS OF THE GREAT LAKES (University of Nebraska Press, 2008) was well received and nominated for several awards, including the Bancroft Prize. Presently, he is undertaking a biographical study on Major John Norton of the Grand River, Upper Canada, circa War of 1812.
1996
Anthony P. Glesner
Jack Michael Green
Scott M. Gyenes
Yoshinari Hosaka
Karen Lynn Miller
Timothy A. Paxton
Barbara Boyink Sears
Jo Anne Thomas
Jean-Paul W. Vivian
1995
Gregory Paul Culver
Kenneth R. Dvorak
Robert Neydon Karrer
Cathleen Melissa Khavari
Karin M. Kovacs
Hui Ping Lui
Robert Carleton Myers
Eugene Wesley Smith
Byron Leigh Upchurch
1994
DeGroot, David A.
Kissell, Mr. Jeffrey Lee
Laabs, Mr. Michael Francis
Lutes, Joseph Kent
robinperson@cableone.net
M.A. (1994) History (Museum Studies), Western Michigan University
B.A. (1988) Biology, Albion College
Robin Seage Person has worked in the museum field for over 25 years, learning all facets of museum management, from grant writing and publicity to collections and exhibition building. She is currently the Branch Director of Historic Jefferson College, an 80-acre state-owned historic site in Washington, Mississippi, a position she has held since 2008. Prior to that, she was the Executive Director of Cottonlandia Museum, a private general museum in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, where she developed the state's largest summer program for students. She serves as on officer on the Board of Directors for the Southeastern Museums Conference, where she won the Museum Leadership Award in 2009, and is a state past president of the Mississippi Museums Association. Person has a particular interest in small museums, and enjoys the challenge of utilizing all her skills on a daily basis. She passes on her knowledge by conducting workshop programs for regional and state museum organizations on a variety of small museum management topics. In addition to her day job, she is also a jewelry artisan and has her own company, Face in the Sun Custom Jewelry. If there is still time left in the day after museums and jewelry, she designs mobile web sites for organizations and businesses. http://mdah.state.ms.us/hprop/hjc.html
Viera, Michelle Margaret
1993
Alspach, Mrs. Judith S.
Houting, Scott P.
Illanz, Mr. Arnold William
Schillaci, Erin
1992
Ambs, Daryl R.
Bos, James John
Coakley, Sean W.
Edwards, John Monro
Younker, Mary M
1991
Al Sheha, Mohammed
Corbus, James Frederick
Custer, Marc J.
Diny, David B.
Garzelloni, Joseph A.
Klemm, David Martin
Pettee, Michael G.
1990
Catherine T. Collopy
Mark Leroy Hayes
Stephen C. Northrop
1989
Jon Dunbar-Cooper
Timothy M. O'Neil
Jody M. Ross
Bruce Arvin Tap
John D. Winchell
1988
Newton L. Chamberlain
Charles Dale Jager
Steven Lawrence Lewis
Allen Lee Pick
Roger Mark Varland
1987
Libby M. Catt
Susan Conklin
David J. DeVries
Michael D. Kowalski
1986
Michael P. Daly
Thomas J. McGaghie
Maria A Perez-Stable
M.A., History, Western Michigan University (1986)
M.S.L.S., Case Western Reserve University (1977)
B.A., History, Miami University (1976)
Current position: Head of Central Reference Services, WMU Libraries
Before becoming the Head of Central Reference in 1997, Maria held three positions in the University Libraries since coming to WMU in 1979: Social Sciences Librarian, Education Librarian, and Catalog Librarian. Previous to that, she was a catalog librarian at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio.
Leland W. Thornton
1985
Clare E. Adkin
Teresa Turpiano Barry
Brent Coates
Richard A Griffith
Duane Edward Holthof
1984
David Wayne Carmichael
O'Ryan Rickard
Inamae Skutt
1983
W. Wilson Woods
1982
George Boston, Jr.
Tom Mark Greiffendorf
Carol A. Knauss
Linda A Morre
Sidney Mueller
Charles D. Swanson
1981
David Allen Bichle
Larry E. Cable
Gary Lynn Ellis
Donald R. Horton
Russel V. Kohr
Dominic L. Mattone
Gloria J. Messner
Robert P. Stoddard
Esther M. Walton
1980
Janice L. Azimi
Mary Joan Fales
Paul S. Leavenworth
Thomas T. Lutostanski
Roger A. McCarty
John Permesant
Kristin M. Tomlin
1979
Jomes B. Bilsborrow
D.K.R. Crosswell
Wayne E. Eirschele
Gregg A. Newby
Teresa Diane Sharon
Peter D. VanderSchaaf
Patrick N. Welbourne
1978
William A. Coutant
Alfred John Eppens
William ilttle Hafter
Shirley Ort
1977
Richard M. Cahow
Anne Louise Cavanagh
Jessie Chou
Rose A. Covell
Larry J. Frank
Myung-Soon Ha
Valerie Catherine Hauch
Thomas A. Herrick
Robert L Jones
Karen Lynn Knapp
Larry B. Massie
Phyllis G. Pelletier
Charles Sikkenga
Paul M. Trap
1976
Cassius Bultman
Toni L. Fiorillo
Fred Flegal
Richard H. Harms
Kenneth C Kan
Patrick J. Lally
Brenda Fay Lauer
Albert J. Pleysier
Robert Swantek
James D. Swope II
1975
Ingo E. Banse
Virginia A. Caruso
Dennis J. Clarke
Robert W. Eich
Margarete E. Fochtman
Brusce Mitton
Dorothy Priscilla Plato
Laura L Sills
Gary B. Sleeper
Allan Robert Vernier
1974
Donal Lee Bergman
Tom Alan Buursma
Susan Deborah Chaikin
Donald C. Hipp
Kenneth E. Kolk
James Stander
1973
Mary E. Blankenhorn
Joseph C. Jeltema
Kames J. Karagon
William E. McNellie
Walter Rudecki, Jr.
1972
Arnold D. Masunungure
Ruth Ann Writer
1971
Bern G. Allen
Marcella Coschran
Robert C. Engels
John Alan Kriekard
Warren J. Lawrence
Michael R. Micklatcher
Patricia A. Nikolitch
Dianne Sue Parkison
Charles A Pratt
1970
Kenneth E. Aupperle
Jack Boelema
Jerome Geimer
Paul Robert Hallman
Eric D. Hansen
Victor E. Hart
inda Hayner
George D. Jepson
Stuart Michael Jones
Craig Joseph Kaelin
Lawrence Leo LaPomarda
Chalres Wayne Lockwood
Douglas W. Lombard
Kay L. Long
David J. Mowrey
George T. Sink
Melvin Russel Starr
Lawrence Treadwell, III
Robert E. Treloar
David Alden Winter
1969
Neil N. Browne
William K. Hachmann
Marilyn J. Hughes
James D. King
Ronald A. Refior
Daniel J. Yakes
1968
Janice L. Brill
Ellsworth H. Brown
Jung K. Choi
James P. Edmiston
Janice Fariborz
Sylvia Dianne Hoffert
John Patrick Kelly
Robert W. Ryan
1967
John Archart
Edgar J. Fredericks
Susan Sandra Huston
Tom Malloy
1966
Edward Gorn
Adolph Gurndman
Lynn Lindeman
William R. Mitchell
John W. Nott
John F. Riddick
Edward H. Schneerer
Ojars Andris Smits
Matthew Tomasiewicz
1965
Ruth Allen
Carol Zainfeld Becker
E. Gilman
Charles John Goodall
Michael H. Parsons
James M Rigterink
In Suk Ro
George W. Shipman
Donald Stroup
William J. German
James A. Tolhuizen
Ruth G. Tydeman
1964
Patrick Kay Bidelman
Viola Gross
Robert A. Hageman
Tyrell Hughes
Ronald Eugene Kuiper
Keith Ross Speiran
Grace B. Walz
1963
James C. Duram
Phyllis Korzilius
Wayne C. Mann
1962
Cornelius Eringaard
1961
Donald E. Black
Robert C. Harris
William E. Lombari
Grace Rogers Mauzy
1960
Kenneth John Van Dellen
1959
Gerald L. Reagan
1954
Fletcher Cooper